Indiana

Pathfinder Fair: Enjoy this exciting, annual event at Timber Ridge Camp, May 5–7. For additional information, contact Dean Whitlow by phone: (812) 829-2507; by e-mail: dwhitlow@direcway.com; or call the Indiana Conference youth department at (317) 844-6201.

Golf Fundraiser: Indianapolis Junior Academy (IJA) and Cicero Elementary School (Cicero) are hosting a golf fundraiser to benefit the two schools on Fri., May 19. Additional information and registration forms are available from the schools. Call IJA: (317) 251-0560; or Cicero: (317) 984-3252.

Adventurer Family Weekend: Spend a weekend camping with your family at Timber Ridge Camp, May 19–21. For registration information, contact Dean Whitlow by phone: (812) 829-2507; by e-mail: dwhitlow@direcway.com; or call the Indiana Conference youth department at (317) 844-6201.

Indiana Academy Graduation: Attend Indiana Academy's graduation services, May 26–28. For further information, call (317) 984-3575.

Single Mom's and Kid's Retreat: Single moms and kids are invited to enjoy a relaxing and fun retreat at Timber Ridge Camp, June 22–25. For registration information, call the Indiana Conference at (317) 844-6201.

Legal Notice: Notice is hereby given that a special constituency meeting of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in the chapel building at Indiana Academy, Route 19, Cicero, Ind., on Sun., June 18, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Duly accredited delegates and delegates-at-large will be authorized to review, discuss, and make decisions regarding the recommendations of the conference executive committee with regard to the sale of the conference office property located at 15250 North Meridian Street, Carmel, Ind., and to transact such other business as may properly come before the delegation. Each church will be entitled to one delegate for the church organization and one additional delegate for each 25 members or major fraction thereof.

Gary Thurber, president

George Crumley, secretary/treasurer

Legal Notice: Notice is hereby given that a special constituency meeting of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists, Inc., a corporation, will be held in connection with a meeting of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists at Indiana Academy, Route 19, Cicero, Ind., on Sun., June 18, 2006. The purpose of the meeting is to review, discuss, and make decisions regarding the recommendations of the conference executive committee with regard to the sale of the conference office property located at 15250 North Meridian Street, Carmel, Ind., and to transact such other business as may properly come before the delegates. Delegates of the special constituency meeting of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists are likewise delegates to the Association meeting.

Gary Thurber, president

Gary Case, secretary

Lake Union

May 6 Local Church Budget

May 13 Disaster and Famine Relief

May 20 Local Church Budget

May 27 Local Conference Advance

Special Days:

May 6 Community Services Sabbath

May 13 Youth Sabbath

Teacher Retirees from a Lake Union K–12 School: Would you be interested in attending the 2006 NAD Teacher's Convention, Aug. 6–9, in Nashville, Tenn.? If so, call (269) 473-8274 for more information.

Michigan

Grand Haven Adventist Church School is hosting its 50-year school reunion, July 14–16. Looking for all former students and teachers to attend. For more information, call coordinator Carol Moffit at (616) 847-0766; or e-mail: acmoffit@sbcglobal.net.

North American Division

Announcing the International Association of Adventist Social Workers (IAASW), an exciting new organization for all Adventist social workers! We are passionate about making a difference in our church and world. We want you to join and share this vision. To join, e-mail Rene Drumm: rdrumm@southern.edu; call: (423) 236-2766; or visit website: www.iaasw.com.

Oakwood College (Huntsville, Ala.) Accreditation: Dr. Carol Easley Allen, chair, and the faculty and staff of the Oakwood College Dept. of Nursing, are pleased to announce The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission has awarded five years of initial accreditation to the new baccalaureate degree nursing program at Oakwood College (2005–2010). For further information, contact Oakwood College Dept. of Nursing at (256) 726-7000.

2006 GODencounters Conference to emphasize sacred space. The 2006 GODencounters Conference will be held May 26–June 3 at Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church, 515 Harley Lester Ln., Apopka, FL. Featured worship leaders and artists include Michael Card, Terry Hershey, Matthew Gamble, and Elia King. Except for Sun., general sessions will be held each evening at 7:30 p.m. followed by Encounters Café. Sabbaths will be highlighted by duplicate worship sessions at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Young adults are especially invited to this free event sponsored by the Florida Conference Young Adults Ministries department. For more information or to register free of charge, go to www.GODencounters.org; or call (407) 644-5000 ext. 129.

Alumni of Plainview Academy (1910–1965), formerly of Redfield, S.D., make plans to attend our annual Alumni Reunion weekend, June 23–25. It will be held on the campus of Dakota Adventist Academy in Bismarck, N.D. Honor classes are those who graduated (or attended) the classes ending in six or one. A special invitation is extended to ALL former Plainview students, faculty, staff, parents, and friends. Our "Family" is getting smaller—we need you! You will receive a blessing. For information, contact Plainview alumni secretary Charlene (Scholl) Binder at (402) 489-1702; or e-mail: rdbinder@juno.com.

Seventh-day Adventist Korean Language Institute alumni missionaries, where are you? If you served in South Korea during the past 20 years, please send us your contact information in preparation for a reunion Summer/Fall 2006. E-mail: marilynlazarus@hotmail.com or sali@puconline.org.

"Tell Them Now!" the 59th annual ASI International Convention will be held Aug. 2–5 in the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas (close to DFW airport). For information/online registration, logon to: www.asiministries.org; write to: Adventist-Laymen's Services and Industries, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904; or e-mail: asi@nad.adventist.org.